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-Patented Mar. 15, 1887.

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UNITED STATES DAVID} MITCHELL, or MINERVA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR or TWO-THIRDSTO PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. MARKLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359.457, dated March15,1887.

Application filed December 18, 1886. Serial No. 221,969. (No model.)

.Zo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minerva, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this speoification.

This invention relates to means for seeuring table-legs in place to theside rails in such manner that they (the table-logs) can be readilyadjusted to the unevenness of the floor and level the table.

The improvement consists in the novel features of constructionhereinafter more fully described, claimed, and shown in the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure 1 is an inner view of one corner of a table,showing the leg held in place by my improved means. Fig. 2 is asectional view on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the clasp detached; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion ofthe plates forming the clasp, showing the preferred man- 11er ofsecuring them together.

The table may be of any approved form, having the top A, side rails, B,and thel gs C at each corner.

The adjacent ends of the rails are cut away, leaving a space at thecorner in which the leg is fitted and held in place by the clasp, whichis angular and let into longitudinal grooves c at the upper end of theleg. A portion of the clasp extends beyond the sides of the leg andrests against the side of the rails. The ends are inclined and flanged.The flanges d ex tend outward and enter corresponding inclined grooves,b, formed in the rails near their ends. The slots d, formed at a shortdistance from the ends, run parallel with said ends,

a and have the screws or bolts b passed through them and into said railsfor holding the clasp against longitudinal displacement and preventingthe flanged ends d leaving the grooves b. However, these slots andscrews may be dispensed with, or when retained the flanges d may bedispensed with. Either construction singly will perform the office ofholding the clasp and leg in place; but it is preferred to make use ofboth, as a firm, positive, and durable fastening is provided.

The longitudinal grooves o are arranged substantiall y at right anglesto each other, and intersect or cross each other, as shown. The clasp iscomposed of two platos, D D, arranged at a corresponding angle to eachother to fit the longitudinal grooves c in the upper end of the leg.Their near portions intersect, so that the end of one plate extendsbeyond the plane of the other plate. By this construction each plateobtains a purchase upon the leg on each side of the groove in which eachis seated, re-

' spectively.

The plates may be integral and form one casting, or they may be separateand secured together. The latter construction is preferred, as it ismore economical in cost of construction. Fig; 4 shows the preferredmanner of securing them together. Each plate is provided with arms d,halved or notched near their ends. The notches in the arms of one plateare extended in an opposite direction to the notohes in the arms of theother plate, so that when the plates are put together the arms willinterlock in the well-known manner.

In practice, by reason of theinclined grooves in the rails and theinclined flanged ends of the clasp or theinclined slots in said claspand the screws, the clasp will bind or slacken its.

grip upon the leg by a vertical movement of the same relative to thetable, as will be readily appreciated.

I am aware that table-legs have been provided with intersecting slots,and have been secured to the side rails of a table by two distinctplates'having their outer ends secured to the rails and their inner endsprovided with interlocking projections which extend beyond each otherand fit into the said slots in the legs. Bed-rails are secured to thecorner-posts by plates, the inner ends of which are fastened to therails, and the outer ends, Which incline, are expanded laterally,forming a rib, entering corresponding mortises in the body of the posts.Said mortise is inclined and widened at its inner end to receive theinclined wdcned end of the plate. Bed-posts have also been provided withplates having projecting portions, which portions have inclined slots.The rails have lateral pins fitted in said slots, and the heads of thepins are expanded and extend across the sides of the slots and hold therails in place. No claim is made to such constructions as forming apartof this invention, which is essentially different therefrom, asspeeifically set forth in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the side rails having inclined grooves neartheir ends and the DAVID MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

P. C. RAMSEY, JOHN F. JERO3IE.

